Skylan Brooks Biography, Age, Parents, Girlfriend, Movies, Empire, Darkest Minds,The Get Down

Skylan Brooks Biography

Skylan Brooks is an American actor, best known for his appearance in The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete and in the Netflix series The Get Down

Skylan Brooks Age

Brooks was born on 12 February 1999 in Los Angeles, California, United States. He is 20 years old as of 2019

Skylan Brooks Family | Skylan Brooks Parents

He is the son of Sherman Brooks, founded TS Talent Management. His mother is unknown, he has a sibling Toree.

Skylan Brooks Girlfriend

He identifies himself as single. It is not known whether he has had any relationship before

Skylan Brooks Height

He stands at a height of 1.83 meters

Skylan Brooks Empire

Brooks was cast in a recurring role as Quincy, a young man wrongly incarcerated who develops a relationship with Andre in the fifth season of the American television drama series “Empire”

Skylan Brooks Darkest Minds

Brooks was cast as Chubs, a kid with super intelligence in the group of runaways in the 2018 American dystopian science fiction thriller film “The Darkest Minds”

Skylan Brooks The Get Down

Brooks was cast as Ronald “Ra-Ra” Kipling: A loyal, respected, and protective friend and brother with his head screwed on tight; he’s the voice of reason beyond his years in the American musical drama television series “The Get Down”

Skylan Brooks Southpaw

Brooks was cast as Hoppy in the 2015 American sports drama film “Southpaw”

Skylan Brooks Net Worth

He has made his fortune through acting. His net worth is still underestimation and will be updated soon

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Skylan Brooks Interview

Skylan Brooks On ‘The Darkest Minds’ And Coming Of Age In 2018

Source: cassiuslife.com

We’re living in a time when it’s imperative for everyone to stand up for what they believe in using their unique talents. On a very basic level, that’s exactly what the new dystopian film The Darkest Minds is all about.

The Darkest Minds is a sci-fi movie starring Amandla Stenberg, Harris Dickinson, Miya Cech, and Skylan Brooks about kids with superhuman powers who are sentenced and controlled by the government in detainment camps. Ruby, played by Stenberg, joins the rest of the crew as a runaway and the four combine to stop the adults who threaten their future.

If the movie sounds vaguely similar to current political events, then you’re not bugging — you’re just paying attention. While that wasn’t the original intent of the book the film was based on, which was published in 2013, Brooks tells CASSIUS that the film is very timely.

“The film is science fiction but its timing is crucial due to the state of America and this political firestorm,” he said. “But what the kids are gonna take away from this is that there’s hope, but the hope has to come from us. It has to come from our generation. We’re in this time when our generation feels empowered to rise up against the oppression of all minorities.”

Brooks describes his character Chubs as “very protective and sarcastic,” but he’s an essential piece to the team. Not only does he have enhanced intelligence, allowing him to be an expert navigator, he can also solve mathematical equations in an instant and speak different languages. But on a deeper level, Brooks’ character is so much more than just a superhuman kid. In 2018, the year of Black Panther and Luke Cage, Chubs is a Black boy whose brilliance helps him save lives. While Brooks says he’s honored to take on the role, he also wants kids to know that Chubs’ powers aren’t completely farfetched.

“[Super intelligence] isn’t so unrealistic, it’s very possible to reach that level,” he explained. “Of course, some things that Chub does is a little bit more as it is enhanced than the regular, but, it’s not so impossible to reach that state of mind or to want to go that far with that ability as far as some of the other powers in the movie are.”

The ultimate takeaway? Brooks tells us that the film inspires the audience to tap into their own “superhuman abilities” — the things that will help them stand out and save the world. He uses Stenberg’s character, Ruby, as an example in this instance.

“One big thing about Amandla’s character is that she’s not sure what to make of her power,” he said. “A lot of young people don’t know what to make of [our abilities], we’re still learning about ourselves. We’re still learning to trust the process, we have so many questions and so little answers. It’s okay to feel that way, just know that you’re not alone in it.”

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